Water-elevator



J. H. BOREN. Water Elevator. No. 241,915. Patented May 24,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. BOREN, OF HAUBSTADT, INDIANA.

WATER- ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,915, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed March 9, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. BOREN, ot' Hanbstadt, in the county of Gibson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Water-Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved water-elevator which is so constructed that when the tilled bucket is raised an empty bucket is lowered.

The invention consists in a chute or gutter passing through the frame of the water-elevator, which chute is provided with a parallel rod a short distance above it, on each side, against which rod projections on the buckets catch, thereby tilting the buckets so that their contents will flow into the chute.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved water-elevator. Fig. 2 is a cross-sec tional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A shaft, A, is journaled in the casing B of the water-elevator, and on this shaft two rope pulleys or drums, O andG are rigidly mounted. Two bevel-gear wheels, D and D, are also rigid ly mounted on this shaft, facing-each other, and separated a distance slightly greater than the diameter of abevel-gear wheel, E, mounted on the end of the crank-shaft F, and arranged at right angles to the wheels D and D. The crank-shaft F is journaled in the upper end of a swinging arm, G, pivoted to the casing B, and connected by a connecting-rod, H, with a lever, J, also pivoted to the casing B, so thatthe arm G can be moved to. and fro bymeans of the lever J. A chute or trough, K, passes through the casing B below the shaft A and parallel to the same, the front end, L, of this trough or chute forming a spout and projectin ,9; out of the casin g B. A rod, M, is arranged parallel to each side of the chute or trough K, a short distance above it. A rope or chain, N, is coiled on the drum or pulley 0 from left to right, and a rope, N, is coiled on the drum or pulley G from right to left. A band or strap, 0 O, is attached to the lower end of each rope or chain, and a bucket, P or P, is suspended from the end of the band 0 or 0.

These buckets are provided on opposite sides with projecting pins Q, which are at right angles to the direction of the bail R.

The operation is as follows: If the bucket P is to be raised, the lever J is moved in the direction of the arrow on, causing the gearwheel E on the crank-shaft F to engage with the wheel D. If the crank S is turned from left to right, the wheel D, and consequently the shaft A, will be rotated from left to right, causing the rope N to be wound upon the drum G, whereas the rope N is unwound; but if the lever J is moved in the inverse direction of the arrow to the wheel E will engage with the wheel D and the shaft A will be rotated from right to left, causing the rope N to be wound upon the drum 0, whereas the rope N is uucoiled. As the buckets are attached to the straps or bands 0, and these bands lie flat against the rods M, the bail It will be parallel to these rods; but one of the projecting pins Q will catch under the rod M, thereby tilting the bucket, as shown in Fig. 2, and pouring the water into the chute K, through which it flows into the pail T, placed under the spout L.

It is plain that the empty pail will descend as rapidly as the filled pail rises, and the crank S need always be turned in the same direction.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In awater-elevator, the combination, with the shaft A, of the winding-drums O O, the bevel-gear wheels D, D, and E, the crank-shaft F, the swinging arm G, the connecting-rod H, and the pivoted lever J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a water-elevator, the combination, with the shaft A, of the winding-drums O G, the chains N N of the bands or straps O O, the buckets P I provided with projecting pins Q, the chute K, and the rods M M, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

- JOHN H. BOREN. Witnesses:

N10. BOREN, J r., JAMES W. EWING. 

